CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 47

CHESS.

I HnSm I ? m 's a^olls for this department MUST be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. Wednesday 5, 1902. The Wellington Chess Club meets Tuesday and Friday evening at m the Exchange Hall, Lambton quay, V isitors are cordially welcomed.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

No. 2292 (Sigmund Schuster), 1 P to Q 4 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly.

Solved by F.A.L.K. (Wellington, "Key good and three of tho four mates are pure and economical”; and A.B.C. (Greytown North). A pleasing little problem (8).

No. 2293 (G. Heathcote). 1 K to Kt 4 1 Kt to B 3 ch 2 K to B 5 2 Any move 3 Mates accordingly.

Solved by F.A.L.K. (Wellington), "Key excellent and difficult. Play very fine and movements of the King interesting.” We agree with onr correspondent as to the great merit of this problem (91).

PROBLEM No. 2302. By G. B. Valle (Spezia). Second prize in “Pasauin” Italian National Tourney).

Black.

White

White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM No. 2303. By Geo. J. Slater (Liverpool). Best Problem for half-year in "Football Field.”—First Prize.

Black.

White.

White to play and mate in three moves,

NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS.

The following are two other games played in the above Congress: Queen’s Pawn Opening. White. Black. Jowitt. Grierson. 1 P to Q 4 1 P to K 3 2 P to K 3 2 P to Q 4 3 B to Q 3 3 P to Q B 4 4 P to Q B 3 4 Kt to Q B 3 5 Kt to K B 3 5 Kt to B 3 6 O to O 6 B to Q 3 7 Kt to K sq 7 Q to B 2 8 P to K B 4 BPtoKR4 9 Kt to K B 3 9 P to Q R 3 10 P to Q R 4 10 K to K Kt 5 11 B to K 2 11 P to K Kt 3 12 Kt to K 5 12 Kt to R 3 13 R to B 2 13 Kt to K 2 14 B to Q 3 14 B takes Kt 15 B P takes B 15 Kt to Kt 5 16 R to B 3 16 P to K B 4 17 Kt to Q R 3 17 Kt to Q B 3 18 B to K 2 18 Kt to Q sq 19 P to K R 3 19 Kt to B 3 20 R to Kt 3 20 Q to R 2 21 P to K R 4 21 Kt to Kt 5 22 Q to B sq 22 Kt to B 2 23 Q to B 4 23 R to K Kt sq 24 R to R 3 24 B to Q 2 25 Kt to B 2 25 P to K Kt 4 26 P takes P 26 Kt takes P 27 K to R sq 27 P to B 5 28 Kt to K sq 28 O to O 29 R to R 4 29 R to Kt 2 30 B to Q sq 30 R to Kt sq 31 B takes Kt 31 B P takes B 32 Q to B 2 32 R to B 2 33 Q to B 2 33 Kt to K 5 34 B to Q 2 34 Q to B 4 35 Kt to B 3 35 P takes Kt 36 K to R 2 36 P to B 7 ch And Black;nates next move.

EDWARDS v. JAQUET,

Sicilian Defence. White. Black. Edwards. Jaquet. 1 P to K 4 1 P to Q B 4 2 Kt to K B v 2 Kt to Q B 3 3 P to Q 4 3 P takes P

4 P to K 4 (?) b \° b J v sPto QR 3 6 Kt to Q 6 ch 6 B takes Kt 7 Q takes B 7 Q to K 2 q % 3 o 8 Kt to B 3 9 Kt to B 3 9 Q to Kt 5 1? R J° $ ? 3 10 Q to Q 5 J 1 5 J° K « 11 Q takes Q J 2 S *? ke A Q 12 Pto Q 3 Jf if i° § ® 4 13 B to K 3 14 Kt to Kt 6 14 R to Q sq ? 9 ' 2-}°, 0 ° 15 Kt to KKt 5 16Kt to Q S 16 B takes Kt H££ k ®s B 17 Kt to K 2 !q ® *° Kt 6 18 R to Q B sq on S i 4 19 Pto B 4 29 Sr 3 20 Kt to B. 3 22 P tn°A Sq 21 Kt <® S > tokes B 8 to R 5 22 O to C 55f3« , 23 Kt to QB 3 ot S I? ? Kt 3 24 Kt to Kt 5 §KtoK Bsq 25 Pto K 5 29 ® *° K 2 26 Kt to K 4 oa § !° 9, la 4 27 R to Q B 3 28 R to Q sq 28 R to Q sq on 5 v 9 1 29 Kt to B sq 30 K R to Q sq 30 Iv to B 2 H K 1° Q B 4 31 P to Q Kt 3 i 92 g QKt 3 32 PtoQ R 4 | 33 B to Q B 3 33 Kt to K 2 i 34 B to Q Kt 2 34 K to K 3 35 P to Q Kt 4 35 P takes P ; 36 P to Q 4 35 P to Q 4 5 37 R to Q 3 ! 38 B t° R 3 38 R to Q 2 99 to B 5 39 P takes P 40 B takes P 40 Kt to Q B sq ?1 £ to 6 41 Kt takes P 42 R to Kt 4 42 Kt to B 5 43 R to R 4 43 R to Kt 2 ch 44 K to E. sq 44 li to Q B sq 4o B to Q 4 45 R to B 3 46 R to R 8 46 P to Kt 3 47 R to K sq 47 P to R 4 48 P to B 4 48 Kt to B 2 49 K to R 3 49 Kt to Q sq 50 B to Q sq 50 Kt to Q 3 51 B to R 4 51 R to B 5 92 ® to Q Kt 2 52 R (Kt 2) to Kt 5 , 53 B to Q sq 53 R to B sq | 54 R to R 6 54 (Kt 5) K R to Q Kt sq 55 Q R to Kt 3 56 Kt (Q 3) B 5 57 Kt takes B 58 Kt to B 5

55 B to R 3 56 R to R 4 57 K to R 2 58 K takes Kt

Hr Janies Mortimer lias issued, under title of the “New Century Chess Book,” a companion to his well-known “Chess_ Players’ Pocket Book,” of which over 25,000 copies have been sold. The present volume is a praiseworthy attempt to bring right down to date the newer and recently-popularised variations in the most commonly played openings of the day, and the opportunity has been taken to incorporate important innovations introduced by such leading contemporary players and analysts as Lasker, Pillsbury, Tchigorin, Schlechter, Holier, .Rosenthal, Mason, Berger, Alapin, ,and other authoiities. We should have liked to see more play on the King’s Pawn Counter Gambit (1) P to Q 4, P to Q 4, (2) P to Q B 4, P to K 4; but otherwise the book appears to quite realise the author’s intentions.

It is announced that the entries for the Monte Carlo Tournament, which begins on this month are:—Lasker, Pillsbury, Janowsky, Blackburne, Mason, Teichmann, Gunsberg, Marco, Mieses, Von Scheve, Walbrodt, Taubenhaus, Albin, Reggia, Billecard, Schlechter, Maroczy, tVhlf and Marshall. The ordinary prize fund amounts to 13,500 fr., but several special prizes are being offered. With the above list, or the best selection from it a splendid tourney should be in store. Mr H. W. Barry, of Boston, must not be confused with the other Boston Barry, who holds the record in the Anglo-Ameri-can Cable Matches with five straight wins. He is sufficiently distinguished, though, to remind us of a joke attributed to Steinitz, who said more good things than any chess master of equal rank. Speaking of Alexander McDonnell, the opponent of Labourdonnais, Steinitz said, “The great McDonnell.” The Rev McDonnell, who, like his great namesake, was a North of Ireland man, and a chess master, interposed witlj, "Why do you call him the 'great* McDonnell ?** Of course, this was intended to pass for a jest; the later McDonnell was a sort of professional wit. Steinitz rose to the occasion. “To distinguish him from the 'greater’ McDonnell,” he replied, with a bo^7. Steinitz was argumentative on politics electricity, philosophy, religion, and chess. On one occasion an opponent, being fairly cornered, said, “Well, Mr Steinitz, you tnink you understand politics because y° u P Ja y chess,” and Steinitz countered, And you think you understand politics because you can’t play chess.” Poor old Steinitz! He often sard, “They don’t like me, because they suspect me of being honest.” At Hastings someone was speaking very highly of a local clergyman. Steinitz listened impatiently, and at last said, “That parson must be a remarkably base, bad man.” “Why so?” inquired the other, much surprised. “He's so popular,” said Steinitz.

He had a favourite definition of Anarchism. “One man may do what he likes but two men. mustn’t.” £ ’

The Rev McDonnell’s favourite mot is well known. To mistake him for his predecessor Alexander, who died in the thirties, might have been thought impossible, but the average chessist laughs at impossibilities. He was frequently asked about his combats with Labourdonnais, and was, of course, obliged to explain that he only bore the same surname. other McDonnell,” he used to say, “has been living on my reputation ever since he died.”

He used to tell a droll story of Bird. It was in the days of Boden, best of players, most charming of men. . Bird and Boden were inseparable: many s. hundred games they fought over the Board. As the Duke said at Waterloo. “Both sides were gluttons.” Walking homo with McDonnell, Bird poured out his admiration of Boden. Ho said, "Boden’s the finest player living. He’s better than Anderssen. He’s better than Steinitz. He’s better than Blackburne. He’s better than Morphy ever was.” And then he added, “But, bless you, if he played a set match with me, he wouldn’t win a game!"—"Weekly Mercury.”